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Radio Academy Awards: Lisa Snowdon and Dave Berry win Breakfast Show of the Year

Global Radio's 95.8 Capital FM Lisa Snowdon and Dave Berry took home Breakfast Show of the Year at the Radio Academy Awards last night, while Absolute Radio was named Radio Brand of the Year.

Lisa Snowdon and Dave Berry: take the Breakfast Show of the Year award

At the event, the commercial radio sector won 12 gold awards, including four for Bauer Media's Absolute Radio, including Best Speech Programme, Best Technical Innovation and Best Use of Branded Content.

The Radio Academy gave the production and presentation Team at Global Radio’s LBC 97.3 the Special Award for its ‘Call Clegg’ and ‘Ask Boris’ programmes.

LBC 97.3 also took home two golds, one for Best Community Programming and another for Tom Swarbrick for National Radio Journalist of the Year, as well as two bronzes and two silvers.

In total Global Radio won five awards, including Best Specialist Music Programme for The Beatdown on XFM with Scroobius Pip.

The coveted Music Radio Personality of the Year went to Orion Media-owned Gem 106’s breakfast duo Sam & Amy, at the expense of the awards’ host and BBC Radio 2 breakfast presenter, Chris Evans.

Five new partners, Blinkbox music, PPL, PRS for Music, RCS and SGPB Hambros, replaced Sony as the partners of the Radio Academy Awards this year.

Best News Feature or DocumentaryGold: Tempted by Teacher – markthree media for BBC Radio 1Silver: Assignment: The Man Who Fell to Earth – BBC Radio Current Affairs for BBC World ServiceBronze: Slavery on our Streets – LBC 97.3Nominee: Crossroads: The Girls – Prison Radio Association for BBC Radio 1Nominee: The Assassination of JFK: Minute by Minute – TBI Media for BBC Radio 2

Best Coverage of a Live Event Gold: The Death of Nelson Mandela – BBC World Service News and BBC Africa Service for BBC World ServiceSilver: Great North Run 2013 – Metro RadioBronze: The Dambusters – 70 Years On – BBC Radio 2 with TBI Media and Snappin’ Turtle Productions for BBC Radio 2Nominee: Capital’s Jingle Bell Ball – The Capital Network for Capital FMNominee: Live@Wimbledon Radio – the AELTC’s Official Radio Coverage of the 2013 Wimbledon Championships – IMG Media Ltd for Live@Wimbledon Radio

Best Music Feature or DocumentaryGold: Soul Music: Strange Fruit – BBC Bristol for BBC Radio 4Silver: Adam Buxton on David Bowie – BBC Radio 6 MusicBronze: Who Sold The Soul – Factual & Music Department, BBC Wales for BBC Radio 4Nominee: The Dambusters – 70 Years On – TBI Media with Snappin’ Turtle Productions for BBC Radio 2Nominee: The Sash My Father Wore – BBC Radio Ulster

Best Feature or DocumentaryGold: Between the Ears: Mighty Beast – BBC Bristol for BBC Radio 3Silver: Johnny Cash and the Forgotten Prison Blues – Unique for BBC Radio 4Bronze: The Day We Won Wimbledon – BBC Radio 5 liveNominee: A Different Kind of Justice – Somethin’ Else for BBC Radio 4Nominee: Advice from the Edge of Life – BBC Radio Scotland

Best Promotional CampaignGold: Wimbledon 2013 – BBC Global News Creative Services for BBC World ServiceSilver: The Sound of Cinema on 6 Music – BBC Radio 6 MusicBronze: Saturday Night at the Movies with Howard Goodall – Classic FMNominee: The Last Of Us – XFM/Global Radio Creative/Drum for The XFM NetworkNominee: The Voices of Birmingham and the Black Country – BBC WM 95.6 and Fresh Air Production for BBC WM 95.6

Best Use of Branded ContentGold: The Christian O’Connell Breakfast Show with Wickes – Absolute RadioSilver: More Tomorrows on Classic FM with Cancer Research UK – Classic FMBronze: The Manuscript with Just for Men – TBI Media for Absolute RadioNominee: BOWIE with the Victoria & Albert Museum – TBI Media for Absolute RadioNominee: XFM Presents with Ford SYNC – The XFM Network

Best Creative InnovationGold: #Lipdublincoln – BBC Radio LincolnshireSilver: Now Playing @6Music – Somethin’ Else for BBC Radio 6 MusicBronze: The voice of the under 20s across the UK – Podium.meNominee: #BBCtrending – BBC Radio Current Affairs for BBC World ServiceNominee: TBI Minute by Minute Interactive – TBI Media

Local Radio Journalist of the YearGold: BBC Radio Norfolk News Team – BBC Radio NorfolkSilver: Radio City & City Talk News Team – Radio City & City TalkBronze: The Nolan Show Team – BBC Radio UlsterNominee: Heart North West and Wales News Team – Heart North West and WalesNominee: Jo Taylor – BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

Best DramaGold: The Morpeth Carol – BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 4Silver: Darkside – BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 2Bronze: Lost and Found – BBC Salford for BBC Radio 4Nominee: Babbage – Pier Productions Ltd for BBC Radio 3Nominee: How To Have A Perfect Marriage – Sparklab Productions for BBC Radio 4

Best ComedyGold: The Secret World – BBC Radio Comedy for BBC Radio 4Silver: John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme – BBC Radio Comedy for BBC Radio 4Bronze: Here Be Dragons – John Stanley Productions Ltd for BBC Radio WalesNominee: Bridget Christie Minds The Gap – BBC Radio Comedy for BBC Radio 4Nominee: The Blagger’s Guide To Doctor Who – Unique for BBC Radio 2

Best Specialist Music ProgrammeGold: The Beatdown on XFM with Scroobius Pip – The XFM Network Silver: David Rodigan – BBC Radio 1XtraBronze: Zane Lowe – BBC Radio 1Nominee: Mistajam – BBC Radio 1XtraNominee: The Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe – Smooth Operations for BBC Radio 2

Radio Brand of the YearGold: The Absolute Radio NetworkSilver: KISS UKBronze: CapitalNominee: Classic FMNominee: Planet Rock

Music Radio Broadcaster of the YearGold: Zane Lowe – BBC Radio 1Silver: Scroobius Pip – The XFM NetworkBronze: Tom Service – BBC Radio 3 Music Department for BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 6 MusicNominee: Guy Garvey – BBC Radio 6 MusicNominee: Mary Anne Hobbs – Wise Buddah for BBC Radio 6 Music

Best Sports ProgrammeGold: The Day We Won Wimbledon – BBC Radio 5 liveSilver: Gerr’um On Side – 102.4 Wish FM & 107.2 Wire FMBronze: 5 live Sport – BBC Radio 5 live Nominee: The Team That Never Was – BBC Radio OxfordNominee: World Football – BBC World Service Sport for BBC World Service